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======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 91 | 20 July 2002 Your Monday morning briefing is arriving 48 hours early this week, as your editor is taking a short break. ======================================================= >> I N T H I S B U L L E T I N ======================================================= * What's on this week * SE1 news, features & reviews from London-SE1.co.uk * SE1 news from around the Web * In the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ What's on this week ] GUY'S HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS On Monday Simon Hughes MP will be unveiling the improvement works that have taken place at the St Thomas Street entrance to Guy's Hospital. The Pool of London Partnership has funded 80% of Phase 1 works to improve this busy area. The works include new paving, a new clear and welcoming sign and a new lighting scheme for Great Maze Pond, the main route through the hospital site. http://www.pooloflondon.co.uk CITY HALL DOCUMENTARY ON BBC1 Monday 22 July 7pm; BBC1 London Half-hour regional documentary about the construction of London's new City Hall next to Tower Bridge http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=143 HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OPENS CITY HALL Tuesday 23 July 11am; BBC1 London An hour's live coverage of the opening of City Hall by Her Majesty the Queen. Introduced by Emily Maitlis. http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=142 PUBLIC MEETING: A VISION FOR JUBILEE GARDENS Wednesday 24 July 7pm, Franlin Wilkins Building, King's College, Stamford Street Kate Hoey MP, Simon Hughes MP and Cllr Peter Truesdale, leader of Lambeth Council will host this meeting called by Lambeth Council and the South Bank Partnership to discuss the best ways to improve Jubilee Gardens. (Note that the South Bank Forum meeting scheduled for 25 July - as listed in 'in SE1' - has been postponed until September) http://www.southbanklondon.com ------------------------------------------------------- Send us your news and events - [email protected] ======================================================= [ SE1 news, features & reviews from London-SE1.co.uk] NEWS: RESIDENTS PROTEST OVER FALCON POINT PLANS Residents of Falcon Point next to Tate Modern on Bankside yesterday displayed banners and posters in protest against Southwark Property's plans for a substantial ground floor extension to the building which would encroach on the riverside walkway. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/255 NEWS: �1M FOR FREE EVENTS The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is making an award of more than �1.3 million to the Royal Festival Hall for a new five-year programme of free public education projects. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/254 NEWS: CITY HALL GEARS UP FOR OPENING The Mayors of Berlin, New York and Paris will be present at next Tuesday's Royal opening of City Hall. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/252 NEWS: LONDON EYE TO STAY FOR 25 YEARS The South Bank's most popular attraction - the British Airways London Eye - has had its planning permission extended for another 20 years by Lambeth Council. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/251 NEWS: MAYOR AND ASSEMBLY MOVE INTO CITY HALL Sixteen years after the abolition of the County Hall-based GLC, London's government returned to SE1 yesterday when the Greater London Authority started to work from its new base near Tower Bridge. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/250 FEATURE: BUILDINGS AT RISK IN SE1 Last week English Heritage unveiled its annual Buildings at Risk register, including 17 threatened buildings in SE1. Here's the full list... http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/249 ------------------------------------------------------- Send us your news and events - [email protected] ======================================================= [ SE1 news from around the Web ] Every week we trawl the web for news stories and features on SE1 people, places and organisations. Bermondsey Square "like Stonehenge" - developers (SLP) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=144 Wireless internet for Waterloo commuters (The Register) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=140 Young Vic listing threat to development plan (Guardian) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=139 Photos of Southwark Cathedral Hollioake service (BBC) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=138 Major leads tributes to Hollioake at Southwark service http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=137 London Eye proves a real moneyspinner (Standard) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=135 DJ Lisa Lashes on the Oxo Tower restaurant (Standard) http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=136 ------------------------------------------------------- Seen an interesting SE1-related article? Let us know by emailing [email protected] and we'll include it ======================================================= [ In the London SE1 Forum ] Some of the topics raised in recent discussions on our forum at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ - Traffic Management Exhibition - Free River Bus - Closure of pedestrian bridge over St Saviours Dock - TfL vandalises Bermondsey Square - Le Pont de la Tour http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ ------------------------------------------------------- Got an opinion you would like to share with the rest of SE1? Visit http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ ======================================================= Enjoyed this issue of SE1 Direct? Know a friend or colleague who'd appreciate our weekly updates? Why not forward this message to them now? 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